Rattan PRODUCT NAME
Calamus tetradactylus Hance SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Rattan |
| Local Name: | Cambodia: Sae Soeung (Phdao Changret, Phdao Lpeak, Hapeak) |
| Family: | Arecaceae (alt. Palmae) subfamily: Calamoideae tribe: Calameae subtribe: Calaminae. |
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| Product Description: | Habit: clustering; climbing rattan; to 6(-10) m long. Leaf sheath: 0.4-1.8 cm diameter; dark or pale green; with white cuticle when young. Sheath spines: spines very sparse to moderately dense; 0.2-2cm long; up to 3cm at sheath mouth; pointing all directions; base crescent; green to gradually brown above halfway; tip black. K nee; conspicuous; keel-shaped; green; spines absent. Ocrea: up to 0.2cm long; brown; bristles absent. Flagellum: 30-75cm long. Leaf: 20-26cm long; petiole 3-13cm long; rachis 25-53cm long; petiole with sparse spines; apical leaflets connate one-two thirds of total length. Leaflets (1)2-3(-5) groups of 2-4(-5). Leaflets of middle rachis 8-24 x 1.2-5cm, lanceolate to oblanceolate; upper surface sparsely bristled, base cuneate, margin bristly, apex acute with hair-like appendage; veins 3, distinct. Cane: 0.3-1cm diameter; internodes 10-15cm long. Inflorescence: 5-100cm long including flagellate extension; bracts strongly clasping with short spines, inflated in tiny sheet at bract mouth; male 3-bracted; female inflorescence 2-branhed. Fruit: 0.5-0.9 x 0.5-0.9, globose; scales straw colored; margin brown; perianth partly tubular; beak ca. 0.1cm long. Seed slightly ruminate |
| NTFP Classification: | Crafts and furniture making |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Cambodia |
| Description: | This species is widespread in lowland areas, throughout the country. Distributed mixed deciduous forests to evergreen forest. Up to about 300m (up to 1000m in Indichine). |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | its cane is used for weaving baskets and ropes in Cambodia |
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| Market Information: | there is no record on trade of this species in Cambodia, besides the collection for household use. However, neighboring countries like Lao PDR and Vietnam used this species extensively for crafts |
| Partners: | WWF Greater Mekong – Cambodia Country Programme |
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| External Links: | http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411691 |
